The site ain't what it used to be. Traffic seems to be down--at least in terms of postings. I have always found the site to be of great value to my practice--heck if this level of information had been available to me prior it would have saved me years of wasted time.

A number of people that used to be quite active, no longer post.

So I wanted to ask if anyone had any ideas about we might go about turning things around.

What can we improve?

What might we do about contacting the folks that no longer post?

Could we combine some specific forums?

What is going wrong with the site we might be able to fix?

You can't see it but I'm giving a deep bow of respect the mods/posters whom have been keeping things together over the years--just wanting to see what I/we can do to help.

Edited by cxt (06/06/1305:24 PM)

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I did battle with ignorance today.......and ignorance won.
Huey.

I haven't been on this site for a few years now and had a few minutes free so decided to check in.

I`m only guessing here but maybe the dreaded Facebook `like` button has some impact on loss of traffic...it seems to me that a lot of people today aren't interested in things they can`t advertise as part of their life.

Plus everyone has a website now....heck I even have one just so I can understand how to build/maintain one (tragic affair that it is).

Please don`t boo me out of the ring when I say this...after such a long time I return and the website looks exactly the same as it did before and though it was up-to-date at the time possibly it no longer is (sorry).

Anyway its great to see names that I recognise even though I mostly came here as a reader. I hope I`m not causing offence by giving my not-very-informed opinion.

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Those are my principles, and if you don`t like them...well, I have others.

I worry about Facebook. Got caught in it myself a couple years back and struggled mightily to get loose. They kept pestering me. Saying I had callers, or whatever; and why had I not been posting? (Cause I wanted "loose")

Facebook is a cross between fly paper and a leech. They are there to sell advertising space. Period.Guess it is something everyone has to discover for themselves.

Hey,I've not been contributing as long as many here, but I am a long time reader of the forums. I used to love the debates on here about 10 (wow) years ago. At that time I felt too....unqualified and was too reserved to contribute. The debates definitely influenced the direction of my training and the way I thought about MA.Anyway. Here are some unsorted opinions:

-I think some members seem reluctant or perhaps even intolerant of debate. I think a good debate is a huge part of what makes a forum interesting. It can be entertaining AND informative.

- Perhaps we should be encourage a little more confrontation?

And some ideas:-How about a "Topic of the Month" in the MA talk forum in which everyone is encouraged to contribute to?

-Another similar idea would be for Mods the more popular forums to have a monthly controversial lead. E.g. Karate is poorly suited for children. Boxing is unnecessarily dangerous. MMA is unethical. And so on.